By Ricci Kilmer on 07/02/2010
I was missing communion, I was missing the body of Christ. And not just the spiritualized view of the Lord’s Table but the actual down to earth translation of what that meant. What does it mean to BE Christ’s body for people? What does it mean to say that his body is offered freely?…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged being the Body of Christ, christian faith, communion, embodying our faith, eucharist, food, incarnational faith, Intentional Christian Community, justice, Lord's Supper, Social Justice, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 04/22/2010
Adam was placed in a garden GOD planted Himself. Today GOD is again placing His people in gardens. This Christian community based agriculture can be a powerful shift in how we function as local expressions of GOD’s kingdom. These farms and gardens can serve as places of spiritual renewal…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, Christian faith and gardening, church farm movement, church renewal, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, Creation Care, faith-based community gardens, gardening as mission, Joseph's Gardens, Social Justice, spiritual formation, theology of gardening, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Christine Sine on 04/22/2010
The contagion is spreading. America has garden fever and even faith communities are getting involved. Community gardens are springing up in church parking lots all over the country. And some urban churches have taken over vacant blocks of land that have stood empty for years or created rooftop gardens…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged Christian faith and gardening, Christine Sine, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, faith-based community gardens, Joseph's Gardens |
By Scott Bessenecker on 01/26/2010
What is missing from the Church sometimes is our ability to admit that we are all broken beggars clinging to a mysterious Savior whom we understand imperfectly and follow even less perfectly.
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features | Tagged Atheism, Bertrand Russell, christian community, christian faith, Church Life, Intervarsity Fellowship, Jesus, Jesus save us from your followers, Philosophy, Scott Bessenecker, Urbana, wholeness, Why I am not a Christian |
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